Find files

hi all,

In dir1 and dir2 directories I have same subdirectories DH* like

--root
+ dir1
|
|
+ dir2


How to force find command to remove all "*.jpg" files from root. This does not work

find DH* -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec rm {} \;

thanks
oliver

Try escaping the braces

-exec rm \{\} \;

I often have difficulty with executing find commands also.

It depends which shell you use - bash and sh do not have a built-in mechanism for expanding sudirectories. On the other hand zsh does it easily, which is why I use it as my default shell - I have never needed to use 'find' when running zsh. In zsh you can replace your script with this:

rm DH*/**/*.jpg

The ** expands out recursively through all subdirectories.

Dave